Slavoj Žižek: The Slippery Slope of Occupation

with Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Ngaire Woods, Yuriko Koike, Werner Hoyer, and more The Sunday Newsletter [View this message in a web browser]( [PS on Sunday]( MARCH 5, 2023 This week at [Project Syndicate]( Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington view the growth of scandal-prone consultancies like McKinsey as symptomatic of deeper structural problems with contemporary capitalism; Stephen S. Roach fears an accident or unintended confrontation between the US and China; Slavoj Žižek sees eerie similarities between the Israeli government's plans in the West Bank and what the Kremlin had in mind for Ukraine a year ago; and more. Economics & Finance [Consultants and the Crisis of Capitalism]( [Mariana Mazzucato]( and [Rosie Collington]( show how the industry’s global growth is harming economies and weakening governments. Politics & World Affairs [Sleepwalking Toward Accidental Conflict]( [Stephen S. Roach]( compares current geopolitical conditions in Europe and Asia to the run-up to World War I. [Sign up for World Politics Review's free newsletter]( Politics & World Affairs [The Slippery Slope of Occupation]( [Slavoj Žižek]( sees Israel heading down a dangerous path toward annexation of the West Bank and full-scale apartheid. Politics & World Affairs [Popping China’s Balloon]( [Joseph S. Nye, Jr.]( explains how the United States should, and should not, be thinking about its main geopolitical rival. [PS Longer Reads: Rethinking Debt Sustainability in Africa]( [Rethinking Debt Sustainability in Africa]( [Célestin Monga]( shows why analysts need a more holistic framework for assessing African countries' “balance sheets.” Economics & Finance [A Memo to the Next World Bank President]( [Ngaire Woods]( calls on the organization’s new leader to reform its culture and procedures. Economics & Finance [What Europe’s Economy Needs Now]( [Werner Hoyer]( urges the European Union to respond to America's new industrial policy with the right investments of its own. [PS Big Picture: Everything Flows in Ukraine]( [Everything Flows in Ukraine]( [Richard Haass]( [Frans Timmermans]( [Nina L. Khrushcheva]( and others offer conflicting assessments of how the conflict will end. Economics & Finance [Why the Russia Sanctions Are Missing the Mark]( [Kenneth Rogoff]( explains why Western restrictions were not as economically devastating as many had hoped. Politics & World Affairs [How the Ukraine War Could End in Peace]( [Harold James]( thinks Russian history is full of parallels that offer cause for cautious optimism. [PS Quarterly: The Ukraine War and Asian Security]( [The Ukraine War and Asian Security]( [Yuriko Koike]( hopes that Russian aggression spurs Asian leaders to consider their own region's vulnerabilities. Politics & World Affairs [A Brexit Reset?]( [Philippe Legrain]( sees reason to hope that the Windsor Framework for Northern Ireland will help revive EU-UK relations. Politics & World Affairs [Ron DeSantis’s Intellectual Apartheid]( [Antara Haldar]( considers what is at stake in the American right’s new education-focused culture war. [PS. Subscribe to PS Premium now to secure your copy of PS Quarterly: Paradigm Shifts.]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. This newsletter is a service of [project-syndicate.org](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from this list](